Is it you?

We are constantly on the outlook for individuals that can bring in
new ideas and investments into the enterprise. Our thoughts go out to
providing internship spaces to students involved in food processing
and conservation. Expert advice will be sought to bring the enterprise
up to international standard.

/El Castillo

We are El Castillo del Cacao

El Castillo del Cacao currently has ten permanent employees. 5 in production, 3 in construction and 2 in admin and logistics

Construction team

Accounting and sales

Partners

We are four partners, Harm is founder and General Manager, Milton is President of the Company and resolves legal issues. Maurits is our representative in Europe, based in Amsterdam. Reint provides his business expertise from Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Harm has experience with small-scale business development including
three private enterprises in the Netherlands and Sri Lanka. Excellent
reporting skills and identification of alternative production methods.
Manages day to day running of the production and is CdC's general manager.
Harm's CV

Maurits has experience with development of community based enterprise in El Salvador and Honduras as well as experience in commercial banks in the Netherlands (ING Bank). Currently employed as advisor in financial services for SNV Netherlands. He advises the business plan’s financial aspects and its cash flow statements. In the future he will be the CdC responsible for the Honduras and El Salvador markets and eventual replication of production facilities in Honduras and El Salvador.
Maurits's CV

Milton has lived fifteen years in Nicaragua.
Long-term consultancy experience. In charge of legal terms. Has good
links with owners of food distributors and supermarkets. Currently employed
as SNV advisor for “gobernabilidad ambiental y forestal”.
Milton's CV